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Pharmacy compliance director pleads guilty over mislabeled drugs

The former director of compliance for a compounding pharmacy company pleaded guilty last week to introducing adulterated drugs into interstate commerce and conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the Food and Drug Administration’s lawful functions.

Caprice Bearden pleaded guilty in the Southern District of Indiana to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States, three misdemeanor counts of introducing an adulterated drug in interstate commerce, and six misdemeanor counts of adulterating drugs while held for sale after shipment of a drug component in interstate commerce. Bearden was the compliance director for Pharmakon Pharmaceuticals, which compounds drugs at a facility in Indiana for customers in various states.